diff --git a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/Aapt2ResourcePackagingAction.java b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/Aapt2ResourcePackagingAction.java
index 465bf7c606d5b6..778561bfb9ff1e 100644
--- a/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/Aapt2ResourcePackagingAction.java
+++ b/src/tools/android/java/com/google/devtools/build/android/Aapt2ResourcePackagingAction.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 package com.google.devtools.build.android;
 
+import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.toImmutableList;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Streams.concat;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
 
@@ -344,6 +345,16 @@ public static final class Options extends OptionsBase {
         effectTags = {OptionEffectTag.AFFECTS_OUTPUTS},
         help = "When generating proguard configurations, include location references.")
     public boolean includeProguardLocationReferences;
+
+    @Option(
+        name = "resourceApks",
+        defaultValue = "null",
+        category = "input",
+        converter = PathListConverter.class,
+        documentationCategory = OptionDocumentationCategory.UNCATEGORIZED,
+        effectTags = {OptionEffectTag.UNKNOWN},
+        help = "List of reource only APK files to link against.")
+    public List<Path> resourceApks;
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
@@ -474,6 +485,12 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                 .collect(toList()));
       }
 
+      ImmutableList<StaticLibrary> resourceApks = ImmutableList.of();
+      if (options.resourceApks != null) {
+        resourceApks =
+            options.resourceApks.stream().map(StaticLibrary::from).collect(toImmutableList());
+      }
+
       final PackagedResources packagedResources =
           ResourceLinker.create(aaptConfigOptions.aapt2, executorService, linkedOut)
               .profileUsing(profiler)
@@ -482,6 +499,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                   options.packageId != -1 ? Optional.of(options.packageId) : Optional.empty())
               .outputAsProto(aaptConfigOptions.resourceTableAsProto)
               .dependencies(ImmutableList.copyOf(dependencies))
+              .resourceApks(resourceApks)
               .include(compiledResourceDeps)
               .withAssets(assetDirs)
               .buildVersion(aaptConfigOptions.buildToolsVersion)